Question

The main purpose of food parks is ____________.

• A. Increasing the production of food-grains
• B. Providing infrastructure facilities for food processing
• C. Development of better quality seeds
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is A Increasing the production of food-grains

The main purpose of food parks is Providing infrastructure facilities for food processing. The Scheme of Mega Food Park launched by the government aims at providing a mechanism to link agricultural production to the market by bringing together farmers, processors and retailers so as to ensure maximising value addition, minimising wastage, increasing farmers’ income and creating employment opportunities particularly in rural sector.

Food park typically consists of supply chain infrastructure including collection centres, primary processing centres, central processing centres, cold chain and around 30-35 fully developed plots for entrepreneurs to set up food processing units.